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J. KOPF.

FISHING REEL.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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Unrrnn STATES Parana triers.

JOHN KOPF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FISl-IlNG- REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,985, dated November 24, 1885.

Application filed September 15, 1885. Serial No. 177,142. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Korn, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

Fishing-reels are most commonly secured to the rod by means of a base-plate which is secured to the reel-frame and extends beyond the reel in opposite directions lengthwise of the rod, and ferrules or bands which slide on the rod, and may be slipped over the project ing end portions of the base-plate.

My invention relates to the construction of the base-plate above referred to and the manner of combining it with the reel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a reel embodying my invention and a partial section of a portion of the rod to which the reel is secured, and Figs. 2 and 8 are respectively a plan and side view of the base-plate alone.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

A designates one of the heads or disks, which form the ends or cheeks of the reelframe, and a are posts, rods, or stretchers connecting them.

B designates the base-plate, and G designates a portion of the rod, to which the reel is secured by the bands or ferrules D.

As represented, the reel has two posts or rods, a, near together and in the same horizontal plane at the bottom of the frame, and to these posts or rods the base-plate B is secured, as I shall now describe.

The baseplate B has in its under side U- shaped recesses b, which receive the rods or posts a, so that the latter will be entirely above the under surface of the plate. The plate is preferably stamped out of sheet or plate metal, and is corrugated or offset to form the recesses 1), corresponding projections or raised portions being produced on the upper surface of the plate. The plate may thus be produced at very small cost, and when the plate is placed on the rod 0 with the rods or posts a retained in the recesses b, and the bands or ferrules D slipped over the ends of the plate, the reel will be very securely attached to the rod.

The plate B might be detachable from the reel; but I usually prefer to secure it thereto by soldering or brazing the posts or rods a in the recesses b.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a base-plate with eyes, which receive through them two rods or posts of a reel, and do not claim such a construction as included in my invention. With suchaconstruction the baseplate can only be placed on the rods or posts before the parts of the reel are secured together. My recesses b are open on the under side, and the base-plate may be placed laterally on the rods or posts after the reel is otherwise complete.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a reel having rods or posts a, of the base-plate having in its under surface recesses I), open on the under side, which receive said rods or posts, and may be placed laterally thereon, whereby the reelframe and base'plate are connected together, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a reel having rods or posts a, of a base-plate corrugated or bent to form in its under surface recesses b,open on the under side, which receive said rods or posts, and may be placed laterally thereon, whereby the reel-franie and base-plate are connected together, substantially as herein de scribed. v

3. The combination, with a reel having rods or posts a, of a' base-plate having in its under surface recesses I), open on the u nder side, which receive said rods or posts, and may be placed laterally thereon, the base plate being soldered or brazed to said rods or posts in the recesses, substantially as herein described.

JOHN KOPF.

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